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Frank Abagnale was only in the Navy 3 months before being discharged. It seems there isn't a documented reason for his discharge.
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2 weeks after his discharge from the Navy, Abagnale was arrested in Mount Vernon, NY, for low-level larceny via check. -
In March 1965, Abagnale portrayed himself as a Scarsdale, New York, police officer to gain access to the apartment of a resident in Mount Vernon, New York, under the pretense of investigating her teenage daughter. Sensing something amiss, the resident alerted the Mount Vernon police, leading to Abagnale's apprehension. He was found in possession of a toy gun and a makeshift police badge. Abagnale was arrested and charged with vagrancy following his identification by the victim in a lineup.
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Abagnale was ordered by the court to be committed to Grasslands psychiatric institute, in Westchester County -
Stole a Ford Mustang from a friend of his father and financed his cross country trip with stolen blank checks -
Abagnale reports to the Daily Argus he's graduated as a pilot from the American Airlines schools as the top New York student. He obtained a uniform at a Manhattan uniform company, purchased with the money he obtained from the forgery of checks. -
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After serving only two years of his sentence, he was released into the custody of his mother, but he broke the terms of his parole with a stolen-car conviction in Boston, Massachusetts, and was returned to Great Meadow for one year.
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Impersonating a TWA pilot; claimed he had a master's degree in social work from Ithaca College, and sought work with vulnerable youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities; later charged with theft and forgery as well -
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He was sentenced to four months for theft in France, though he served only three months in Perpignan's prison -
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Lies about his background to obtain the position, saying he has worked with the LAPD and Scotland Yard
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Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, directed by Steven Spielberg -
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Abagnale helps "to provide online programs and community forums to educate consumers about ways to protect themselves from identity theft and cybercrime."
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